With these new designs, I am inviting snow, wind, winter blizzard into an interior of a house. And even though the Winter Forest artworks are full of dynamics of the harsh cold season, they bring an interesting accent into a room decor.

The Winter Blue Forest Silhouette adds cool hues to the living room:

When on another hand, this  Winter Purple Forest would rock an interior of a all-purple-color lover:

These and other new paintings became a great addition to my Watercolor Silhouettes Gallery on www.artirin.com

:)

New painting that I've recently created with the mix of two styles: realistic forest and semi-abstract silhouette of deer standing in the shade of beautiful sequoia trees. 

This and many other paintings of animals are in this Gallery:

Animals

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As a part of my

Travel Around The World

series I want to invite my art collectors to some Northern part of the World. 

Watercolor painting landscape with snowy mountains of Alaska is above. The mountains are so grand and monumental in all their beauty. The solitude, peace and serenity comes to my mind when I look at this watercolor landscape.

And here is a little different scene. In this painting, besides the cold and solid mountains on the back, we see cute cozy and warm houses of Northern country Greenland. I love this little community, where people know what hardship of a tough weather can be yet still appreciate living in this area:

And another Northern country scene that I've recently painted is a famous Blue Lagoon in Iceland:

Here is quite interesting story about Blue Lagoon creation:

What is curious is that the Blue Lagoon is not a natural phenomenon. Iceland is a country brimming with natural hot springs, but the Blue Lagoon incidentally is not one of them as it turned out to be. The Blue Lagoon history dates back to 1976 and is formed next to the geothermal power plant. The lagoon was created by the excess water from the power plant, that is drilling for steam and hot water. The runoff is filtered straight into the Blue Lagoon, which is what heats the water. This "accidental" paradise is now attracting hundreds of people from all over the World to visit, enjoy warm waters, crisp air, and peaceful beauty of Iceland.   The waters of Blue Lagoon are clean and safe. It does not contain any chemicals, only natural minerals that have proven to be very good for people’s skin.

More similar articles from my Around The World series are

HERE

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The latest creative designs with Fall Leaves that was inspired by my recent travels to a Sacramento County forest is now presented in forms of dinnerware in my

Fall Theme Collection .  

Napkins (cloth and paper ones), kitchen towels, coasters and even placemats will bring a nice bright season to the customers dining rooms. 

The original prints, canvases, metal prints, and acrylic prints can be found on www.artirina.com . They became a great addition to my new Gallery called

Watercolor Silhouettes :

These vivid collection brings warmth and vibrant sensation to my customers' homes.

I am used to see my art on the wall of art collectors. But I was curious how the Fall Art would look like on clothes items. How the fall leaves, for example, would fit into the wardrobe.

The artwork

Autumn Flow

looks great not only on the wall as a framed art; but, as well as the scarf or top or even a dress:

Another artwork that I've created as a fall pattern, contains deeper solid colors of the great season:

It does look cute on the skirt, short sleeve top design, and a dress:

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I was painting En Plein-Air style (outside) in the state of Washington. Right in the middle of my painting two deers, a buck and a doe, came to visit. 

Surely, I had to paint them too:

It was great to capture Nature's motion and vivid life of the hills and meadows. 

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I love this beautiful colorful enchanting time when an artist can get all warm colors out and feel free to splash them onto her paper. 

It seems to me that the word Autumn applies to my watercolors somewhat more poetic, romantic, and right compare to the word Fall. 

I checked a couple of dictionaries, one British and American ones.

Per Oxford Dictionary Online; 

Autumn

 - noun-

 T

he season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes colder 

Fall 

- verb- 

Per Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Fall

- noun-

The season when leaves fall from trees

I personally like the word Autumn for my watercolors, as the

 season of the year between warm greens and cool blues, when leaves transform their palette from monochrome mix of yellow and blue into a vibrant symphony of reds oranges and lemon golds. And even though, it's true the weather becomes colder, but the short lived beauty of this season sparks not the End such fallen leaves, but the Beginning of something New, a whisper far far from the Future. 

So, with this artistic definition of mine, it appears I can't stop painting Autumn/Fall using different watercolor techniques from detailed dry-brush one, to impressionistic painting with the sea-sponge, and even application of tooth-brush technique. 

I am having fun not only by painting landscapes but even single trees in all their glory. They look so happy framed, either with mat or without:

I am also so grateful to my Art Collectors who love this season as much as I do as well as appreciating my creativity and skill. 

Geography of them is quite diverse, and I am so happy my art brings joy into peoples' home interior.

Here are a few recent paintings that found a good home.

Many thanks to the Art Collector from Seattle, Washington for purchasing many cards with these colorful Fall Autumn Watercolor Landscapes:

Warm thanks to the art collector from Port Neches, Texas, who purchased a large print with this artwork:

My appreciation to the Art Collector from Ellicott City, Maryland for purchasing set of few dozen greeting cards with this watercolor Impressionistic Autumn painting:

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As a part of my new Around The World series (I mentioned it HERE ), I want to invite my followers art collectors to Japan. I painted this artwork in watercolor in simple fresh style, where colors are bright and the lines are sharp, yet impressionistic approach to watercolor brush strokes in this painting provide an easy relaxing appreciation of this water media. 

The Chureito Pagoda is five stories of beautiful lacy levels. It is located on the mountainside overlooking city of Fujiyoshida. Far on the horizon you can ses Mount Fuji. The pagoda is a part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine. It was built as a peace place and memorial in 1963. To get to the pagoda, one need to climb around 400 steps up. And when the hike is accomplished, the reward is a remarkable views of Mount Fuji in combination with Churito pagoda . It is beautiful view in any season. Lots of people love it during Spring when cherry blossoms are on the trees, but I pictured it in Fall. Autumn colors suit so well this beautiful building. The most colorful season usually takes place in the first half of November. 

I love how this painting looks in a simple black frame with white mat:

If to think about no frame, the canvas painting of Chureito Pagoda looks great in living room setting:

I also like how vertical view of this watercolor painting, allows Chureito Pagoda stand out and yet it gives a nice perspective to Mountain Fuji as well:

Around The World Travel Gallery  became very popular in the last year, I've sold many artworks with famous places and I am glad that my followers and art appreciators are adding my art to their home collections. 

Grand thanks to the International Art Collector from Uppsala, Sweden, for purchasing this artwork:

   

Read more in the article  HERE

Many thanks to the Art Collector from BRYN MAWR, PA for purchasing print of this artwork:

Read more in the article  HERE

Warm thanks to the Art Collector from Atlanta, GA for purchasing a lovely print with this artwork:  

Read more in the article  HERE

Grand thanks to the Art Collector from Stewartsville, NJ for purchasing a print with this artwork:

Read more in the article  HERE

My appreciation goes to  the Art Collector from Richmond, VA for purchasing a nice canvas print with this Monet House in Giverny France watercolor:

Read more in the article  HERE

Many many thanks to the Art Collector from Midland, GA for purchasing print with this artwork:

To read the article about this painting go  HERE

As an artist I present more than five thousand paintings in different galleries on my 

website

.

And as a watercolor artist illustrator I have an extensive and I can now say quite impressive Artist Portfolio  HERE

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Last quarter was very productive in terms of sales through Licensing Agreement that I have with one company in the last few years. I am glad the company approached me with the proposal to sell my art. So many beautiful paintings were purchased. And here are just a few bestsellers from my Bicycles Collection that were definite hits and produced the most sales in the last few month:  

In the next article I will share a few more watercolor bestselling artworks.

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In this post I would like to present my bestselling paintings for home and office décor, most of which are created in watercolor and water media. They are in abstract nature and loved by many of my art collectors. Here I want to thank each of the art collector who recently selected these bestsellers for their home office interior, or for the decoration of their bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways. I wrote about my mission for the end of this year

HERE .

Above painting was purchased by the art collector from Gurney, IL, I am very grateful for this customer to choose it; and, I adore the rustic frame that was selected in this case. 

Many Thanks to the art collector from Mantoloking, NJ for buying this abstract watercolor painting as a canvas print:

It is wonderful that in contrast of subtle beige or gray colors, the art collector from Daniels, WV selected this purple splash abstract watercolor painting that I created on special paper called yupo. Many many thanks: 

My gratitude goes to the International art collector from Barcelona, Spain for purchasing a large print on wooden board, It looks incredible! No wonder it is one of my bestselling watercolor paintngs:

Endless thanks to the art collector from Livingston, NJ who purchased this large fluid watercolor painting in blue hues. It looks absolutely stunning in the interior décor of a living room:

But the art collector from Kalamazoo, MI wanted this style of abstract watercolor in monochrome gray. It does look great in the study area or a hallway, isn't it:

Warm thanks to the art collector from Ithaca, NY for purchasing a gorgeous symphony of Fall Leaves in a nice black frame with simple clean looking whit mat:

Art collector form Birmingham, MI wanted to decorate their house with this abstract blue vortex bestselling watercolor painting:

Another creative vortex, a semi-abstract painting, this time with Monarch Butterflies, was purchased by the art collector from Manassas, VA. I am entirely grateful to my art collectors that purchased this all time bestseller artwork:

The customer from Naples, FL loved placing this acrylic print of abstract leaves into a simple whit frame with white mat. It matches perfectly the whit organic lines of the leaves. Many warm thanks:

Art collector from Virginia Beach, VA selected this Abstract Waterfall bestselling painting on large canvas print:

International Art Collector from Montreal, QC, Canada ordered a large canvas print with this artwork. I am grateful and really appreciate it:

Abstract watercolor Rainbow Splash in a nice black frame looks so great in interior. Many thanks to the art collector from Dallas, TX:

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The Summer is rounding up and everywhere I go I see happy sunflowers in the backyards and in the fields. Those gorgeous plants always remind me of upcoming Fall.

They follow me throughout my art career and I keep coming back for them creating new artworks and designs that are so loved by my customers and Art Collectors.

Here are a fer recent creation of Sunflowers on clothes:

Sunflowers bunch looking so good on Scarves and Pillows :

And I was asked by one of my Art Collectors, from Fairfield, CA; to place sunflowers on the white background for decor of her Sun Room:

Yet, the contrast of Sunflowers on black background can make quite a difference and add some drama into a home interior decor:

Customer from Missoula, MT, loved the painting of Sunflowers on beach towels set:

And customer from Effingham, IL loved it on bunch of greeting cards :

Art Collector from Paducah, KY, preferred Impressionistic Sunflowers print on canvas:

On another hand, realistic Sunflowers were the interest of an Art Collector from Tmecula, CA, and another Art Collector from Medford, OR:

Sunflowers in the Nature, Sunflowers in a Still Life, they all look so inviting:

Sunflowers , Sunflowers , Sunflowers !! I love 'em all :)

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Two cute watercolor Giant Turtles landed (or shell I sell dove in) into my

Sea And Ocean Creatures

Art Gallery. I had so much fun painting those fun looking animals that as they grow up become quite strong and almost have no enemies in the deep blue sea: 

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I am welcoming

Fall

with my art of warm bright colors, full of leaves and season joy! 

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Today I want to invite everyone to one of my favorite cities, Stockholm, and specifically to a unique island called Skansen. I've been there several times back in 90s and I loved the little streets full of historical monuments made of wood with love to Swedish culture. 

In this painting you can see the old made by hands from timber wood building on the right and historical windmill. On warm Summer days singers and dancers present wonderful concerts there near this windmill.

The painting of Skansen windmill is a part of my

Travel Around The World series.

Here is a little bit of information on Skansen.

Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum located on of the islands of Stockholm. This museum shows the whole of Sweden with houses and farmsteads from history of the country and from every part of the country.

At Skansen, you people discover Sweden’s history and learn how Swedes once lived conquering the changing seasons or this northern country. Tourists can discover many interesting things  through the customs and traditions, work, celebrations and everyday life of old times.

Skansen is also a place where now some festive occasions are celebrated throughout the year. The live programs with various activities include singing, dancing and concerts in the Summer time, and festive Christmas markets in the Winter, where people are invited to dance around the Christmas tree and be part of many concerts at Seglora Church.

Ultimately, Skansen is a unique place where history meets the present, and where Swedish traditions and craftsmanship still live. It is also the only open-air museum with wild animals. The Children’s Zoo domestic baby-animals such as rabbits, cats, guinea pigs, and small wild animals.

The Skansen Aquarium and Our Africa feature exotic animals including reptiles, monkeys, birds, and exotic insects. Also Skansen has a great variety of plants, trees, and gardens. 

Around The World Travel Gallery  became very popular in the last year, I've sold many artworks with famous places and I am glad that my followers and art appreciators are adding my art to their home collections. 

Grand thanks to the International Art Collector from Uppsala, Sweden, for purchasing this artwork:

   

Read more in the article  HERE

Many thanks to the Art Collector from BRYN MAWR, PA for purchasing print of this artwork:

Read more in the article  HERE

Warm thanks to the Art Collector from Atlanta, GA for purchasing a lovely print with this artwork:  

Read more in the article  HERE

Grand thanks to the Art Collector from Stewartsville, NJ for purchasing a print with this artwork:

Read more in the article  HERE

My appreciation goes to  the Art Collector from Richmond, VA for purchasing a nice canvas print with this Monet House in Giverny France watercolor:

Read more in the article  HERE

Many many thanks to the Art Collector from Midland, GA for purchasing print with this artwork:

To read the article about this painting go  HERE

As an artist I present more than five thousand paintings in different galleries on my 

website

.

And as a watercolor artist illustrator I have an extensive and I can now say quite impressive Artist Portfolio  HERE

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As I recently announced the company that makes prints of my art offered to create

face masks

and other merchandise such t-shirts, towels, bags, notebooks, mugs, beach towels with my watercolor on them. 

These are a few famous for face masks patterns that were recently sold. I am so glad that customers are keeping art in mind when it comes to self-protection:

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Bicycles

Watercolor Silhouettes

Maps Of The World

I am so glad that those three collections were picked by this company as they have a great success in sales for home decor and interior design projects.

The art is mostly sells through Wayfair Website  and what I really love there is that the artworks prints (as on canvas as well the wall decals ) are quite affordable for my art collectors. 

Here I want to show a few best bestsellers :) from these collections with direct links to the artwork in case somebody will be interested to purchase (just click on the photograph and the site will redirect you to the size options and prices).

Here is what sold like crazy - My Watercolor Ballerinas Silhouettes:

these ballerinas look so graceful in the interior decor.

And here is one of the bicycles Series Art, that I called Bikes For All Seasons. It is also became a great bestseller last quarter:

The watercolor silhouettes of the forest paintings attract my customers by their semi-abstract yet semi-realistic approach, great for a contemporary interior decor for sure:

I love that my customers picked as white forest as well the black version.

And here is my new collection of Watercolor Maps that is so popular these days. These three maps were sold multiple times all over the World now!

I am so glad that licensing of my art is so fruitful these days! 

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  Fruits, berries, vegetables were the Kings and the Queens of the sales on my little watercolor Farmers Market those months. The quartet of the bestselling watercolor illustrations above is quite bright and informative. 

On another hand, the single apples and pears group was liked by my Art Collector from Chandler, Arizona probably for its simplicity:

This painting quartet contains some of my bestsellers that were part of the Marmalade Labels project and Jam Labels project . The Red Apple painting was even featured once in People Magazine one day! No wonder the art collectors choice was given  to this watercolor bestselling combination.

A couple more edible bestselling paintings that I want to include here were as sweet as the first two above, yet they do have different feeling to them as the fruit and vegetables are so diverse here.  Even now these little bestsellers water my mouth just looking at them:

One Art Collector didn't want to buy whole bunch of Farmers Market watercolor produce and stopped his choice at just one Eggplant . but it does look so great on the plain white canvas! Thank you so much to a dear customer from Idaho Falls, ID !! 

But not only clear white background for the bestselling watercolor illustrations was popular that period. One of my best selling classical still life paintings, Onion Ginger And Lemon , went to the state of Idaho to an absolutely different customer the same month:

There were just a few sales with flowers from my Floral Gallery that month. The rest of the bestsellers were quite romantic watercolor landscape paintings . 

I guess the beginning of the Summer brought that kind of feeling and customers decided to get more romantic :)

Besides one of my absolutely favorite landscapes with Italian small town of Positano (t hanks to the Art Collector from Flamingham, Massachusetts for adding bestselling points to this popular watercolor)  :

...the art collectors from Georgia and Colorado decided to purchase some beautiful landscapes to add to their home decor.

The spontaneous impressionistic bestseller with Carmel By The Sea watercolor paining:

And romantic bestselling watercolor (from different websites of mine) with the Bridge and Bicycle at the Marina :

The last but not least bestseller in my analytical research of the monthly sales is one of my most favorite and romantic ones that has Golden Gate Bridge on the background.

I called this bestselling watercolor Two Love Birds .

The art collector from Nesconset, state of New York chose classical black frame and white mat to garnish it:

And if you missed last two reports, here the links:

Art That Sells

and

Bestselling Art

The last few weeks were very busy at my Online Gallery . Many art pieces from abstract to hyper realism were sold for a home interior decor:

My Art Collectors selected different art in a different form such prints on canvases, framed art, painting on wooden board:

But the most amazing fact that my art became so popular this Holiday season for the merchandise such yoga mats, towels, plush fleece blankets, mugs, and bags:

I am so glad that my art brings joy to this Holiday season in forms not only interior decorative items but as well on different kinds of merchandise!

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Here are some fruits of my labor. For the last month or so I was working on watercolor paintings for one European company. The original illustrations will be used for new line of yogurt products. When the products are on the shelves of the stores, I will definitely share the photos.

But this post presents some new decorative artworks with those delicious fruits and more. I was fortunate to have an opportunity to paint also sweets this time. The still life with

Chocolate and Caramel

shows two of my guilty pleasures in one artwork. 

Also my recent paintings include Pear Still Life , Still Life With Plums , and Hazelnut watercolor artwork:

The still life paintings above are created in decorative manner. The background is more semi-realistic and these paintings are unified with one particular stile, where I mixed up the realistic approach with "washed off" background.

Versus, for example,   collection of my classical still life paintings, where you can see that each detail of the background is organically fits into a Classic Old Masters approach:

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Watercolor Painting of Columbia River Gorge, State Of Washington. Artist - Irina Sztukowski

This painting of a beautiful view of Columbia River Gorge and far mountains of Oregon that you can see from the state of Washington shore I painted el plein-air style. 

The weather was constantly changing as the Fall breeze was shaving the leaves from the trees and making wave-like movements on still green grass. The Sun was trying to get through the clouds. I called that sky a watercolor sky as the clouds formations were precisely what happens to watercolor when you put wet paint on a pre-wet paper. The sky practically "painted" itself. 

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Painting sunset in watercolor requires a lot of pre-thinking and yet when painting it needs to be done quickly before the paint dries. The technique I used for the sky was wet-on-wet. 

I watched carefully that the Sun's area stayed reserved and the sun rays were "melting" into the evening sky. One who paints sunset in watercolor needs to remember that the yellow of the sun and the blue of the sky might get a slight shade of green when mixed together on the paper. Therefore, it is important to add a little of pink towards the edges of the green. It is invisible on the completed watercolor painting but it is there.. it melts with the blue of the mountains and the sky and helps atmospheric perspective to take place. 

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Abstract Artwork in Blue and Gray Colors for Interior Decor

New additions to my

Abstract Gallery , creative designs painted with acrylic paint. 

These abstract paintings fit organically any contemporary interior decor.

Abstract Green Organic Painting for Interior Decor

And for the lovers of a cool blue and gray merchandise, there is a great amount of wonderful pillows, bags, notebooks, and even mugs:

Cool Colors Abstract Art on Merchandise 

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This is a workshop in the local library that was devoted to Wizard Of Oz book and movie. It was hard to separate the written story from the video version of it. For example, Dorothy had Silver Slippers in the book and Ruby Slippers in the movie. Scarecrow received a Diploma from Wizard of Oz;  but in the book he actually received a bag of bran with pins and needles. And Cowardly Lion got a potion of Courage in the book while in the movie he got a medal.

I taught kids about a Still Life by cutting a few objects from the Wizard Of Oz story and combining them into a visual still life:

Then I painted the actual still life on a paper, and  put it together:

We also had some "guests" who was watching us painting: my friend landed us a Wizard of Oz Barbie Doll collection:

Kids and I had a blast. We not only painted this time, we learned how to draw, how to place the images on a paper, make some important decisions on composition. The paintings turned out bright and creative:

Even Moms this time wanted to paint; and, I have to honestly tell you they did good and I saw they enjoyed every second of it :0)

Ruby Slippers painting:

Ruby Slippers Painting in interior decor

The painting print is available

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Watercolor Painting of Tulips by the artist Irina Sztukowski

 Tulips are such gentle flowers; and, the variety of colors and types is just amazing! I loved painting the tiny stripes on a white lit by a morning light petals.

The print of this artwork:

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A new series of Botanical Flowers on black background was inspired by my new

book

that was recently published on Amazon and now is in the book stores.

These flowers look so great and classy on the black with white or off white mat and a simple black frame. I love the clean and decorative look of them. Here are a few ideas with interior decor that included my botanical watercolor flowers in them:

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